l’Incoronazione di Poppea: Monteverdi at Versailles
About the Event
Enter a world of plots and deceptions, treachery and tyranny, royalty and romance. Versailles' Royal Opera — no stranger to any of these — hosts a cast of characters who could teach even these walls a thing or two in Monteverdi's L'Incoronazione di Poppea.
Drawing on classical antiquity for its plot, but innovating with every bar of music, Monteverdi's work has been a repertoire staple for nearly four hundred years. Sébastien d'Hérin conducts this revival of Klaus Michael Grüber's renowned 2010 production for the Festival d'Aix en Provence, with a cast of young singers on the fast track to success — much like Poppea herself!
Cast / Production
Josefine Göhmann Poppea (alternating)
Emilie Rose Bry Poppea (alternating)
Laura Zigmantaite Nerone
TBA Ottavia
Aline Kostrewa Ottone
TBA Seneca
André Gass Arnalta
Josefine Göhmann Drusilla, Virtù (alternating)
Emilie Rose Bry Drusilla, Virtù (alternating)
Rocio Perez Damigella, Amore
Katherine Aitken Fortuna, Valletto
TBA Lucano, Soldato II
James Hall Famigliare I, Pallade
Brenton Spiteri Famigliare II, Mercurio, Soldato I
Pierre Héritier Littore Liberto
TBA Famigliare III
Les Nouveaux Caractères
Sébastien d’Hérin Conductor
Studio de l’Opéra de Lyon
Klaus Michael Grüber Director
